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A company aiming to whoosh people from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 30 minutes via pneumatic tube is being hush-hush about what's under way at its new digs in an Arts District warehouse next to the Los Angeles River. But there's little doubt that Hyperloop Technologies' arrival in the...

Ah, the Arts District, that last bastion of bohemian living where you can rent a 100-year-old loft, grab a craft beer down the street, and take in the sights and smells of homelessness in the morning. And yet the Arts District today feels like it's over before it even had...

Los Angeles just might be the most gentrifying city in the nation. It's not because redevelopment and upscale retailing haven't taken over the likes of Manhattan and San Francisco. It's just that L.A.'s transformation is happening now, before our very eyes, while gentrification in other American cities took place earlier...

There's no bigger sign that downtown Los Angeles is no longer the open-air feces factory it once was than the arrival of Whole Foods. Pat yourselves on the back: Gentrification complete! On Friday downtown city Councilman Jose Huizar and Whole Foods Market will announce the opening date for a 41,000-square-foot flagship store...

Plans to build a massive mixed-use development in West Hollywood's Melrose Triangle have been slowed — thanks to some surprising information about a historic building on the site that had been hidden in plain sight. The Charles Company, a development firm owned by Arman Gabay, hoped to build on a...

How do you make Hollywood laugh? Build a community plan. That's what happened when the City of Los Angeles tried to update its 1988 Hollywood Community Plan, which would have allowed for much taller buildings in certain areas, especially near subway stops. Three community groups sued, saying the city used fictitious...